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pdfaPilot Server 1.1.065
pdfaPilot Server comes as a robust archiving strategy that is essential for any organization in dealing with exchanging and storing electronic information. more>>
pdfaPilot Server 1.1.065 comes as a robust archiving strategy that is essential for any organization in dealing with exchanging and storing electronic information. Based on Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF), PDF/A is an international standard (ISO-19005-1) created precisely to answer this need.
PDF/A ensures that documents archived today will be completely future-proof. All files created according to the PDF/A standard are reproducible on screen, paper and ready for future technologies while omitting features unsuited to long-term archiving. callas pdfaPilot Server automates and centralizes the validation and correction of high volumes of PDF/A files. Whatever your sector - financial, legal, manufacturing, public or other - pdfaPilot Server is the ideal tool for producing high quantities of PDF/A files easily for long-term archiving.
A wide variety of documents, from straightforward memos to complex forms and documentation can be made PDF/A compliant, with pdfaPilot Server embedding fonts, fixing dynamic elements, making colors device independent and performing many other required changes. pdfaPilot Server also features an intuitive user-interface that enables quick set-up.
And if you want to integrate PDF/A compliance into existing workflows, integration is easy through hot folders or the command line interface. XML-format reporting further supports seamless integration. With over 10 years of expertise in PDF file analysis and fixing, callas has made pdfaPilot Server the most flexible and robust tool for creating high volumes of PDF/A compliant documents. If you're looking for a future-proof document strategy, consider callas pdfaPilot Server.
Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.2 or later
PolyChrome Transitions 1.0
PolyChrome Transitions is a high-speed and effective program which is capable of rendering in high precision color for 10 bit online workflows. more>>
PolyChrome Transitions 1.0 is a high-speed and effective program which is capable of rendering in high precision color for 10 bit online workflows. They also include advanced curves control to precisely control luminance in/out of your source and destinations clips.
As well as a set of basic transitions for 10 bit onlines, there is a range of glitch , grunge, light effect and stylised transitions for specific editing topics. You can try out the whole pack for 14 days for free and four plugins are free to use with no expiration or watermark.
Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.4.9 (or later) Mac computer with PowerPC G4, G5 or Intel processor Final Cut Studio 2: Final Cut Pro 6.0 (or later)
- Motion 3.0 (or later)
- Final Cut Studio (Universal): Final Cut Pro 5.1.2 - 5.1.4, Motion 2.1.2
- Final Cut Express 4.0 (or later)
- Core Image Capable Graphics card
SortIt 2.0.4
SortIt is developed to be an effective tool which enables you to easily classify files by Type, Creator and graphic content. more>>
SortIt 2.0.4 is developed to be an effective tool which enables you to easily classify files by Type, Creator and graphic content. This tool is useful for all MacOS users and indispensable for ad agencies, publishers, graphic production companies, prepress shops, service bureaus and printers.
This is great for analysis of supplied files, archives, or any large group of files that you need to 'get your hands around.' It is the perfect pre-processor for content management systems. This tool is also quite useful with pipe-lining or hot-folder workflows. Because you know the attributes, you can build predictable automation. With optional alias creation, files remain in their original locations until you are ready to copy or move them.
Users simply select a source and destination folder. SortIt will copy, move or alias source files, creating sub-folders in the destination folder named for their respective attributes. For example, a 72 dpi RGB Photoshop EPS will end up in a folder named, 'EPSF-8BIM-RGB-LR'. 'EPSF' is the type. '8BIM' is the Photoshop creator code. 'RGB' indicates colorspace. 'LR' indicates it is low resolution. The screen shot on our site demonstrates the result.
Clipboard Scripts 1.0.0
Clipboard Scripts is an impressive and unique package of 20 AppleScripts, which may be used by virtually anyone to become more efficient while performing everyday tasks. more>>
Clipboard Scripts 1.0.0 is an impressive and unique package of 20 AppleScripts, which may be used by virtually anyone to become more efficient while performing everyday tasks.
"Clipboard Scripts" are accessed through Apple's "Script Menu", which is installed with Mac OS X 10.2 and later. By integrating these AppleScripts with the "Script Menu", they may be triggered at any time, from within any application.
"Clipboard Scripts" utilize the clipboard in OS X to perform specialized tasks. After copying text to the clipboard, users can trigger these AppleScripts to add prefixes and suffixes to each paragraph, sort paragraphs, extract URLs, remove HTML tags, and much more! A 5-script "Clipboard Scripts" package is available as freeware from the Automated Workflows web site.
Adobe Flash Professional trial CS4
Create and deliver rich multimedia and dynamic Internet apps. more>>
Adobe Flash Professional trial CS4 offers users a professional and enhanced authoring environment for creating engaging interactive experiences. Its friendly yet powerful new tools for animation and collaboration help you deliver rich dynamic content to wide audiences across browsers, desktops, and devices.
Major Features:
- New object-based animation tools make working in Flash easier and more intuitive for beginners and experts alike.
- Powerful design tools expand your creative possibilities, while exceptional integration with other Adobe software offers new efficiencies for your design and development workflows.
- Bring it all together in Flash and deliver the most dynamic content to audiences regardless of platform or device.
Apple Remote Desktop 3.1
Apple Remote Desktop - Remote control to manage Macs more>>
It can reduce administrative costs and enhance productivity in any environment. Apple Remote Desktop enables a teacher to keep an eye on all the computer screens in a classroom or lab, distribute software upgrades, perform group demos, and provide online assistance with real-time text communications for students needing individual attention.
In a business environment, Apple Remote Desktop can reduce administration costs and enhance productivity throughout your company. It includes tools system administrators can use to assist users with problems, distribute software, and efficiently manage Macintosh systems ? all from a central location, and over both wired and wireless networks. With Apple Remote Desktop you can reduce downtime and let people be more productive.
Main features:
- Remote Spotlight Search
- Dashboard widget
- Automator actions
- AutoInstall
- Curtain mode
- Remote drag-and-drop
- Power Copy
- System Status Indicators
- Application Usage Report
- User History Report
- Smart Computer Lists
- Task Templates
Enhancements:
Fixes for:
- remote lights out management of Xserve
- scanning computers on the local network
- installation of software meta-packages
- authentication when using directory services
- execution of AppleScript and Automator workflows
- compatibility with third party VNC viewers and servers
Accelerando 0.9.8
Accelerando is described as an easy to use and useful system which puts your favorite and most used commands at your fingertips. more>>
Accelerando 0.9.8 is described as an easy to use and useful system which puts your favorite and most used commands at your fingertips. Whether you have dozens of favorite commands and scripts or thousands, Accelerando can accommodate.
Major Features:
- Accelerando the application offers several streamlined, flexible, and powerful ways to search and run many popular types of scripts and to navigate your system. It supports several flavors of scripts including Shell Scripts, AppleScripts, and Automator workflows.
- Accelerando allows you to enter shell scripts on the fly using MiniTerminal or search saved scripts and workflows using Accelerando's search window, which is based on Spotlight technology. Accelerando is built to be extended by you and to be configured as you like, whether you are new to scripting and automation or a veteran.
- Accelerando also allows you to freely configure key commands and arguments for several types of commands. Any Key Command assignment may be configured as a global Key Command.
- Accelerando also includes several Automator Actions.
Dial Phone From X 1.0
Dial Phone From X - Automatically dial the phone using your computers modem from within a variety of applications more>>
Since AppleScript cannot dial the phone alone, the application ABDialer, available from Macron Software, is required for this solution to function
This solution consists of the following AppleScripts:
Dial Phone From Address Book - This solution will use ABDialer to automatically dial the phone number of a selected contact in Mac OS Xs Address Book application.
Dial Phone From Anywhere - This solution will use ABDialer to automatically dial a phone number that has been copied to the clipboard.
Dial Phone From FileMaker - This solution will use ABDialer to automatically dial a phone number in a specified field in the current record of an opened FileMaker Pro database. A sample FileMaker Pro 7 database is included.
Dial Phone From Excel - This solution will use ABDialer to automatically dial the phone number of a selected cell in Microsoft Excel.
Hazel 2.3
Personal housekeeper: organizes files according to your rules. more>>
Hazel 2.3 is designed as a flexible management tool based on rules you define.
Hazel can also manage your trash and uninstall applications. Organize your files using a familiar rule interface. Filter on the file's name, type, date, the site or email address it came from and more. And do more than just file. You can set color labels, Spotlight keywords and comments and even archive files. Hazel also cleans, sporting options to clean out incomplete and duplicate downloads. In addition, Hazel can manage your Trash for you, relieving you of having to empty it yourself. All this is done automatically in the background allowing you to focus on your real work.
Major Features:
- Create rules to automatically keep your files organized
- Automatically organizing your files according to the rules you create.
- Have Hazel move files around based on name, date, type, what site/email address it came from (Safari and Mail only) and much more.
- Automatically put your music in your Music folder, movies in Movies.
- Keep your downloads off the desktop and put them where they are supposed to be.
- More than just filing
- Support to open, archive, set color labels and add Spotlight comments.
- Can have Hazel rename your files or sort them into subfolders based on name, date or whatever combination of attributes you choose.
- Can create powerful workflows to automatically organize and process your files.
- App Sweep
- Hazel will detect when you throw applications away, search for its support files and offer to throw those away as well.
- Uninstalling applications is integrated with your Trash so you don't even have to think about it.
- iLife Support
- Import your files into iPhoto or iTunes
- Keep your media in line
- Add to your library or to a specific playlist or photo album.
- Spotlight Integration
- Improved Spotlight integration allows you to use any Spotlight attribute in your rules
- Hazel cleans as well
- Has options to clean out those pesky unneeded files that clutter your folders, getting rid of incomplete and duplicate downloads for you.
- Can set up whatever rules you want to automatically throw files away.
- Never take out the trash again
- Select from different options to keep your Trash in check.
- Shred files like Finder's "Secure Empty Trash" option.
- Extend, Customize, Integrate
- Trigger Automator workflows, AppleScripts and shell scripts.
- Work undisturbed
- Work quietly in the background allowing you to focus on your real tasks.
- Just set up your rules via a System Preferences pane and let Hazel do its job
- let Hazel be chatty
- Support Growl
- Indispensible
Enhancements:
- New Features:
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- Added multiuser support for App Sweep. If enabled, when you throw something away, other users on the same machine, when they log in, will also get a chance to also throw away their support files.
- Added autocompletion to fields in the rule interface. Saves typing for common phrases and tags.
- Expanded formatting options for different attributes.
- [Leopard] Added in-app store. Purchase Hazel from the app itself and have the license automatically downloaded and registered. Tiger users will continue to be directed to the website.
- Added syntax highlighting for shell scripts. Works not only for shell (sh/bash) scripts, but for Python, Perl, Ruby and awk as well.
- Miscellaneous improvements to the script editor.
- Added special "enclosing folder" which can be the destination of move/copy operations. Allows one to move/copy a file or folder up one level.
- Growl notification action now has an option to make it "sticky" (it will stay on the screen until clicked on). You can still override this in Growl's preferences.
- Attributes which are lists of items now can use pattern matching in conditions.
- The "Unarchive" action can now handle RAR files (including multipart archives). Upon successful unarchiving, all the RAR parts will be thrown away and replaced with the unarchived contents.
- Added support for Transmission and Opera. If the apps are installed, they will appear in the QuickList drop-down when adding a folder.
- Obsoleting keywords. Keywords are being phased out. If you are using keywords, you should receive a warning about converting your rules as well as a button to take you to a web page that gives more details on why this is being done and how you can migrate over. The page includes a program to convert existing files.
- User interface changes:
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- Fixed preview not accurately showing results of rules filtering on "Subfolder depth."
- Fixed custom tokens sometimes not appearing in the attribute lists for actions.
- Multiple App Sweep windows are now consolidated into one with tabs.
- Fixed "Reveal in Finder" contextual menu item not working in the App Sweep window.
- Fixed bugs with the "Kind" menu. Would sometimes get confused when a rule first loaded up, ending up with no "Kind" selected.
- The warning icon for rules with errors should be more reliable as to when it is displayed (or not displayed).
- Added "View Log" to menubar icon menu.
- For unregistered users, menubar icon menu now shows time left in trial.
- Added "hidden" debug mode checkbox. In the "Info" tab, hold down the option key and the checkbox will appear. Checking this option will enable debug logging.
- Fixed hitting return in a pattern field sometimes not registering.
- Error messages in the AppleScript editor are now selectable.
- Fixed visual indicators on folders in folder list. Those that are inaccessible (on an ejected/unmounted drive) show as faded while those that are just gone (deleted) will have a red "x" on them. They should also have different tool tips explaining their status. Also, they should be better at staying up to date.
- If a folder is inaccessible (the drive it is on has been ejected/unmounted), the UI will hide menu items to run rules manually.
- The minute and seconds tokens in the date format interface now default to formatting as two digits.
- Fixed spring-loaded folders not following Finder preferences on Leopard.
- Numerous UI tweaks.
- Core changes:
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- Fixed how custom tokens match text. It won't affect whether a pattern as a whole matches or not. Instead it affects what portion of the text gets "captured" by a custom token. It should now work in a way that makes more intuitive sense. If you use custom tokens, you may want to re-check how things work with the new behavior.
- App Sweep has been improved to catch even more files.
- Performance improvements in App Sweep. Scans should be a tad faster now.
- Should now be able to derive the "Kind" from certain files without extensions that have a Kind assigned to them based on their creator code/file type.
- Fixed Hazel getting confused when a file with the same filename would appear in a folder over and over again. In such cases, Hazel would think it was the same file.
- If a file is going to be renamed to the same name, will now skip it so as to avoid updating any timestamps.
- Fixed Hazel losing track of files on unmounted drives. Hopefully, now, Hazel won't see these files as "new" again when you remount the drive.
- Should be more responsive after a drive is mounted. If Hazel is monitoring a folder on that drive, its rules will run immediately.
- Fixed hours being displayed in the range 0-11 instead of 1-12.
- Fixed crash when trash directory is missing.
- Fixed crash which occurred with certain Spotlight database schemas.
- New HZLFolderScanInterval default to override Hazel's scan interval. The value should be specified in seconds.
- Various other fixes.
Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or 10.5 (Leopard).
- Safari, Camino, Firefox or Flock.
- Spotlight must be enabled.
TaskCapture 2.3
TaskCapture is regarded as an easy to use, high performance software that intelligently and automatically tracks working time on any document in standard applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, QuarkXPress 6, AutoCAD and many more. more>>
TaskCapture 2.3 is regarded as an easy to use, high performance software that intelligently and automatically tracks working time on any document in standard applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, QuarkXPress 6, AutoCAD and many more.
It runs in the background on your computer, gathering important job-related information to your personal database (included) whenever a document is closed. When in operation, it mostly goes unnoticed and is far easier than filling in forms or entering time in an "old-fashioned" billing system. If you are using a timer or manually entering times, it's up to 40% innaccurate because of the omissions and "guesstimates" that are a natural result of today's hurried, multi-tasking workflows, combined with the human tendency to procrastinate. After all, who has time for timekeeping?
Major Features:
- No need to click timers
- Export to Excel or print deatiled timesheets, invoices, etc.
- Sort by date range, client, job, etc.
- Auto backs up your job data at shutdown
- Selectively apply billing rates to tasks
- Better palette design with access to Task Viewer
- Add any application to tracking list
- Much more customization on reports and invoices, including logo
- Email HTML tables of invoices and timesheets or export as HTML
- Computer tracking gives detailed report of all applications used on computer
- Cost tracking allows you to enter expenses
- Pop-up list for Clients and frequently used Tasks
- Direct connection to QuickBooks service items and clients (Windows)
- Overtime checkbox with separate rate applied
- Different rates for different clients
- Ability to edit captured tasks in Task Viewer
- Ability to set any date and time for tasks
- Ability to run in background mode and then assign the work later
- Job memory auto fills dialog based on previous work assignment
- Integrates with iCalendar
- Almost no set-up...double-click and go!
R3D Data Manager 5.2
R3D Data Manager 5.2 is such a professionally developed program which allows you to create with your RED system, R3D Data Manager helps to step in, making sure copies of each R3D file go to the right place, and accurately. more>>
R3D Data Manager 5.2 is such a professionally developed program which allows you to create with your RED system, R3D Data Manager helps to step in, making sure copies of each R3D file go to the right place, and accurately. From on set, to editorial to archiving, R3D Data Manager is an end to end solution. It provides a way for you to verify that all the footage is correctly copied and rendered, no matter what production stage you are at. It also allows you to transcode material from the R3D codec to a variety of codecs so you can edit your footage without having the original R3D files on your system.
Major Features:
- Optimized for dealing with Red footage
- Simultaneous copies
- Number of copies at once
- Erase source after copy success
- Byte-level data protection
- Can re-check files against the source at any time, even after source is deleted
- Prevents overwriting of existing footage at destination
- Can setup a queue of multiple sources and copy all with one click
- Move items in queue to transfer important footage first
- Retry only failed copies/files with a single click
- Remove a single destination without affecting other destinations
- Stop a copy to a single destination without affecting other copy processes
- Transfer log
- Store project information along with copied footage
- One click copy
- Email/sms notification of results
- Render R3Ds to Quicktime
- Activate product in the middle of Siberia (without internet access)
- Will satisfy bond requirements for data workflows for most bond insurers.
Enhancements:
- This version modifies Growl and SMS/Email notifications to now include the source path in the copy status.
- Add the ability to setup Red Media Identifiers in the preferences and select from them in the Project Information update window.
- A new preference was added to remind the user to update Project Information when auto-start is enabled and a new Red Media is mounted.
- You can now attach the logs to your email notifications (Not recommended if using SMS, as the logs are verbose).
- Add a mini-result icon per destination, so the user can see which destinations erred easily.
- The icon updates with each source. The program now saves a master log in the user's library, and removes old logs after 30 days. Before each copy the sources are checked to ensure they exist before starting a copy.
- When auto-start is enabled and a new Red Media is mounted, the program will clear from the queue all sources that are completed and successful.
- It will then try to copy everything in the queue again, including previous sources that have not been removed and were not successful. Add the ability to change/update the Project Information area as the copy is in progress and it will save those to the ProjectInfomation.txt file.
- Fix the following bugs: recopying footage after an error and a bug in UI updating.
StuffIt Deluxe 13.0.3
Comprehensive archiving tool. more>> Comprehensive archiving tool.
Send files faster, access anything on the Web!
Tired of waiting for large email attachments and downloads? Frustrated with files that you cant open? You need StuffIt Deluxe! Award-winning, industry-standard StuffIt Deluxe compresses your files up to 95% smaller than their original size, so they transmit faster. Plus, StuffIt Deluxe opens just about any file you download off the Web or receive in your email. Of course, as the worldwide compression standard, your StuffIt files can be accessed by any PC or Mac user, anywhere, without any hassle.
Main features:
- NEW Compress Photos up to 30%.
- NEW Compress without any quality loss.
- COMPRESS & EXPAND.
- NEW Create Self-Extracting Archives.
- NEW View Archived JPEGs.
- Open and Save Windows archives.
- Expand files with a single keystroke.
- Create StuffIt, Zip, and Tar archives.
- Browse archives without expanding.
- Add, Delete, & Change files in archives.
- Search by Name, Date, & more.
- Split files across multiple CDs & DVDs.
- Multi-Processor Enabled.
- Compress & Expand by file extension.
- NEW Stuff from Automator workflows.
- Built in FTP, email, & .Mac transfers.
- Open and Save Windows archives.
- Expand files with a single keystroke.
- NEW Create encrypted backup archives.
- Strong 512-bit encryption.
- Protection against data corruption.
- Password protection for .sitx & .zip.
- Secure Delete sensitive files.
- NEW Archive only recently changed files.
- NEW Use Finder Labels to backup files.
- Backup only recently changed files.
- Backup directly to FTP or your iDisk.
- Email backup activity logs.
- Backup with Admin Privileges.
- NEW Includes Automator support.
- NEW Use Spotlight to search archives.
- Photoshop & Microsoft Word Plugins.
- Command Line Tools.
- Stuff & Mail with a single click.
- MagicMenu Finder Integration.
- Contextual Menu Support.
Enhancements
- Added French, German, Japanese and Simplified Chinese localizations.
- StuffIt Expanders Watch Folder feature now uses the Preference settings rather than the application defaults.
DDAP PDF/X Verifier 2.0
DDAP PDF/X Verifier is a good tool possessing desirable qualities in enabling users to verify that files received in this format meet the requirements of the recently published ISO 15930-1:2001 specification. more>>
DDAP PDF/X Verifier 2.0 is a good tool possessing desirable qualities in enabling users to verify that files received in this format meet the requirements of the recently published ISO 15930-1:2001 specification.
As PDF/X goes into full implementation, this tool will enable developers to test their software against the published standard. It will also give users confidence in integrating this standard with their digital workflows.
SUNRISE Contacts 2009 2.0.8
Contact/info organizer with unlimited storage for all info types with lookup databases. more>>
SUNRISE Contacts 2009 2.0.8 is an effective system including unlimited storage for all info types including web/email/mailing addresses, telephone numbers, notes, photographs, movies and documents for each and every individual and company contact you have in every record.
Comes with calendar, labels, and much more. Add unlimited numbers of lookup databases to suit your specific business or personal requirements. Ready-made lookups available or suggest your own.
Major Features:
- Unlimited telephone numbers, email and web addresses, street/postal addresses, file document storage and more for each individual and company contacts per record.
- Unlimited email and document (for letters, invoices etc) templates you can design, store and reuse as often as you like.
- Create and print business cards, name tags, disk labels, mailing address labels etc.
- Web browser built-in with automatic web page loading for all stored web addresses in any database (both Contacts and Lookups).
- Records presented in the efficient list-based view with keyboard commands for faster workflows.
- Financial layouts (available in the registered version) for organizing orders, sales and invoices with reporting.
- Personal layouts (available in the registered version) for storing birthdays, medical information, memberships, pets (with lost pet poster), pictures etc.
- Calendar for creating and organizing memos, messages, to do events and financial amounts paid/unpaid.
- Automatic postcode lookups for various countries including US, NZ, Australia and UK.
- Multiuser version gives you access to your data via an internet browser or on the FileMaker Pro network.
- Add unlimited lookup databases including ready-made solutions.
- Attractive "common database platform" design makes it a breeze to use on all databases.
- Independent layouts for mobile devices.
- Built-in security features including the ability to stop guest users (in multiuser mode) from accidentally deleting and exporting records and modifying existing information (except the general notes); encryption/decryption of notes field; password authentication system; and an environment detection system to prevent people copying and running your database on another computer without your consent.
- Not affected by Microsoft viruses.
- Built-in instructions, speech and tool tips to help you use this software like a pro.
Enhancements:
- Added Operators menu with submenu in the Insert menu during find mode to allow insertion of find operator symbols.
- Added Alternate emergency phone number and relationship of contact to individual.
- Added Employee, Customer, Student and Member IDs to relevant layouts in the Contacts database.
- Added Next Field and Previous Field menu and keyboard commands to all databases. Similar to the TAB key function except it will jump to the next or previous empty field. Also helpful in the lookup databases with locked down field/record lists where Admin and Owner can go to an empty field and fill in missing data for the current record.
- New optimized Update Name script. This one is self-autonomous and able to carry out its functions over a dynamic range of layouts. It means greater reliability everytime this function is chosen and is flexible to include any number of layouts for now and in the future.
- Merged Telephone, Email Addresses and Web Addresses lookup databases into the Contacts database. An increase in performance of the Contacts database has been noticed (eg. record navigation).
- In the event no lookup databases are selected and web publishing users have no lookup databases enabled in multiuser mode by the owner, the pop-up menu list may show "no value list". A more user friendly approach has been added to show a message in the Copyright region and to stop access to the Lookup database layout if this happens.
- Separated Name Capitalisation Test function to work independently for both individual and company names.
CatDV 8.0b18
Video logging & media cataloging. more>>
CatDV 8.0b18 is a powerful tool for anyone who uses a DV camcorder or digital camera and wants keep track of all their media. You can think of it as all the following, and more:
- "iTunes/iPhoto for movies" Apple's iLife apps are great for MP3s and digital photos but CatDV will do the same for movies and tapes. What's more, CatDV works down to the level of clips and scenes within a movie file or on a tape, described by their timecode, not just at the coarse level of complete files on disk.
- Logging tool: Don't wear out your tape and deck by shuffling it back and forwards as you identify the scenes to use and annotate them. Capture the tape to disk (in compressed form) and log from disk, giving you instant access to any portion of the tape. Use automatic scene detection to take the drudgery out of finding scene boundaries, or use the Verbatim Logger to type in comments, such as notes on the spoken dialogue or the text for subtitles, while the clip is playing - everything you type will automatically be linked to the appropriate timecode.
- "QuickTime Pro" : QuickTime 7 is fantastic technology. It's much more than a file format but a complete set of components for creating and manipulating all kinds of media files (including MPEG-4 files and the amazing new H.264 codec). However, not all its capabilities are available with the standard QuickTime Player application. CatDV unlocks many of the same extra capabilities as QuickTime Pro: you can play movies, present them full screen, edit movies by assembling clips in sequence, and export them using any QuickTime codec (for example to use on the web, CD-ROM, or a 3G phone). If you have a video-capable iPod, use CatDV to generate iPod-compatible videos of all your key footage and take it with you, wherever you are.
- Batch movie conversion: CatDV goes further than QuickTime Pro and lets you batch compress multiple movies, and you can easily export not just whole movies but also individual scenes from within a movie file, or even a complete program defined by an edit decision list.
- Media asset management: CatDV will catalog all your media assets, not just video tapes but also still images, audio files, Flash files, PDFs, etc. With powerful metadata capabilities (both extracted automatically and entered by the user) that can be used for searching and filtering, CatDV will help you organise all those assets - and retrieve them again when you need them.
- Advanced workflows: You might have video files coming in via FTP, or a tapeless camera such as the Sony XDCAM, often with metadata in an associated XML file. You can use CatDV's XML support, and features like watch folders, to build complex automated workflows that preserve your existing metadata, and allow you to add new tags and annotations, at every stage of the process.
- Video editing: Mark and in and out points and quickly create a cuts-only sequence from the clips you've found, all from within your asset management database. Export your edited sequence as a movie, or send an edit decision list to Final Cut Pro (or other non-linear editing application) to finish the editing there.
- Subtitling and text tracks: With CatDV you can quickly and easily add text tracks when exporting movies. Perhaps you want to add subtitles, the clip or project name, or protect your clips by burning in a copyright notice. You can even add a burnt-in display of the timecode or date and time of recording (in the style of a security camera).
- Web page generation: Use CatDV to export web pages with thumbnails and links to low bandwidth versions of your media files, perhaps to advertise a library of stock clips, or create a film strip version of an edited programme to show on your intranet.
- Diagnostic tool: Got a file that won't play properly? CatDV's media analysis tool will display detailed information about the format of the file and individual tracks within it, even down to the durations of individual samples, helping you identify missing codecs, corrupt movies, or dropped frames. CatDV will even natively analyse many formats not supported by QuickTime, such as WMV/ASF and OMF files.
Major Features:
- Build up thumbnail catalogs with searchable metadata and log notes
- Automatically split a DV movie into separate shots
- Create and manage preview versions of your footage to use when the originals are offline
- Present slide shows of selected stills or clips
- Export clips to a different codec or as a web page.
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